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Royals first. Jonathan India walks. Bobby Witt doubles to left field. Jonathan India to third. Salvador Perez pops out to second base to Mauricio Dubon. Mark Canha out on a sacrifice fly to deep right ...

With their offense stuck in neutral, the Astros are wasting some strong outings by their starting pitching. Left-hander ...

Wash, rinse, repeat. The Astros have now played 24 innings without scoring a run. They’ve lost their last two games against ...

Astros manager Joe Espada says Yordan Alvarez is close but slugger says until 'numbers go up, there's nothing close.' ...

Houston Astros infielder/outfielder Cam Smith is out of the starting lineup ahead of Saturday's game against the Kansas City Royals. The rookie slugger will get a breather here after going 0-for-2 ...